idioms using “cool”

Cool as a cucumber

Very calm

“No matter how far behind we get on our project, our leader stays cool as a cucumber.”

Cool

Full, entire

“She sold her condominium in New York for a cool million.”

Cool one’s heels

To wait, though impatiently

“The salesman was in a hurry but the buyer made him cool his heels in the waiting room for an hour.”

Cool it

A command to stop arguing or fighting

“The two men at the bar were about to have a fistfight but the security guard told them to cool it.”

Play it cool

To remain calm, act in a casual manner

“Everyone expected Ota-san to lose his temper but he played it cool.”